KDE Plasma Removal Not Working

**brandontn** · May 20th, 2013

Okay so I may be a complete n00b or begginer to ubuntu/linux but I am a very quick learner, I understand a lot already after only using it for a few days, and already removed windows from my computer(Good Riddens).

Anyways being new to the linux scene I had to give a new Desktp Enviroment a try, and I tried KDE Plasma just to find out that I am perfectly happy with Ubuntu's great new look Unity. I was going to keep KDE on there in case some friends came over and wanted to try out my new linux os but ran into a slight annoyance an the KDE Plasma login screen started showing up instead of the beautifull looking Unity login

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So I went on a hunt to learn how to remove KDE completly and I found the great website of http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/pure-ubuntu-13-04/, so I opened up terminal and gave it a try and it removed some things I think because it asked for comfirmation and I said yes, and at the end it said some things were not removed, but I restarted computer and its still there in perfect working condition. Now im going crazy I just want pure ubuntu back

. I try the terminal commands again and this is what I get

Code:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package 'cryptsetup' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'gnupg-agent' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'gnupg2' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libassuan0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libflac++6' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libgrantlee-core0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libgrantlee-gui0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkrossui4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libksba8' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libruby1.9.1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libyaml-0-2' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'pinentry-gtk2' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'python-pyudev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'python3-dbus.mainloop.qt' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'python3-pyqt4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'python3-sip' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'ruby' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'ruby1.9.1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'akonadi-facebook' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'akregator' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'apport-kde' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'apturl-kde' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'ark' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'audiocd-kio' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'bluedevil' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'calligra-data' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'calligra-libs' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'cdparanoia' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'cdrdao' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'colord-kde' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'dragonplayer' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'gpgsm' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'gstreamer0.10-qapt' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'gtk2-engines-oxygen' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'gtk3-engines-oxygen' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'gwenview' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'ibus-qt4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'k3b' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'k3b-data' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kaccessible' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kaddressbook' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kamera' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kamoso' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kate' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kcalc' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-config-gtk-style' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-config-tablet' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-config-telepathy-accounts' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-telepathy' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-telepathy-approver' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-telepathy-auth-handler' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-telepathy-contact-list' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-telepathy-data' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-telepathy-desktop-applets' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-telepathy-filetransfer-handler' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-telepathy-integration-module' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-telepathy-minimal' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-telepathy-send-file' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-telepathy-text-ui' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-zeroconf' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kdegames-card-data' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kdegames-data' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kdemultimedia-kio-plugins' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kdenetwork-filesharing' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kdepim-kresources' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kdepim-strigi-plugins' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kdesudo' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kexi' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'khelpcenter4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kio-mtp' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kmag' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kmail' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kmix' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kmousetool' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'knotes' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kontact' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'korganizer' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kpat' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kppp' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'krdc' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'krita' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'krita-data' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'ksnapshot' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'ksystemlog' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'ktorrent' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'ktorrent-data' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kubuntu-desktop' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kubuntu-firefox-installer' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kubuntu-notification-helper' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kubuntu-web-shortcuts' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kwalletmanager' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libakonadi-socialutils4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libaudiocdplugins4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libbluedevil1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libcalendarsupport4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libchm1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libdebconf-kde0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libepub0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libeventviews4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libgpgme++2' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libgtlcore0.8' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libgtlfragment0.8' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libibus-qt1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libincidenceeditorsng4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libindicate-qt1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libindicate5' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libk3b6' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkateinterfaces4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkblog4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkcddb4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkcompactdisc4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkdcraw-data' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkdcraw22' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkdegames6' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkdepim4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkdepimdbusinterfaces4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkdgantt2' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkexiv2-11' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkexiv2-data' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkfbapi1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkipi-data' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkipi10' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkleo4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkmanagesieve4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkontactinterface4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkpgp4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libksane-data' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libksane0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libksieve4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libksieveui4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libktnef4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libktorrent-l10n' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libktorrent5' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libktpchat0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libktpcommoninternalsprivate5' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'liblastfm1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libllvm3.0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libloudmouth1-0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libmailcommon4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libmailimporter4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libmessagecomposer4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libmessagecore4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libmessagelist4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libmessageviewer4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libmusicbrainz5-0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libmygpo-qt1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libokularcore2abi1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libopenconnect2' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libopenshiva0.8' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libpimcommon4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqaccessibilityclient0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqca2-plugin-ossl' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqgpgme1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqoauth1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqtglib-2.0-0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqtgstreamer-0.10-0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqtgstreamerui-0.10-0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqtscript4-core' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqtscript4-gui' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqtscript4-network' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqtscript4-sql' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqtscript4-uitools' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqtscript4-xml' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libqtshiva0.1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libreoffice-kde' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libreoffice-style-oxygen' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libspnav0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libtag-extras1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libtelepathy-logger-qt4-1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libtelepathy-qt4-2' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libtemplateparser4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libzip2' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'okular' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'okular-extra-backends' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'partitionmanager' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'pinentry-qt4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'plasma-dataengines-addons' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'plasma-widget-facebook' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'plasma-widget-kimpanel' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'plasma-widget-menubar' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'plasma-widget-networkmanagement' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'plasma-widgets-addons' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'python3-pykde4' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'qapt-deb-installer' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'quassel' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'quassel-data' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'rdesktop' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'rekonq' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'scdaemon' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'skanlite' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'software-properties-kde' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'tasks-icons' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'ttf-oxygen-font-family' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'ubuntu-release-upgrader-qt' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'usb-creator-kde' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'userconfig' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'vcdimager' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'amarok' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'amarok-common' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'amarok-utils' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kde-config-touchpad' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kscreen' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'ktouchpadenabler' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kubuntu-settings-desktop' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'kubuntu-settings-netbook' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libhomerun0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libkscreen0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'libmuonprivate1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'muon' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'muon-installer' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'muon-notifier' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'muon-updater' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'plasma-netbook' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'plasma-scriptengine-python' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'plasma-widget-homerun' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'plymouth-theme-kubuntu-logo' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'print-manager' is not installed, so not removed
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 winetricks : Depends: wine or
                       wine-unstable but it is not installable
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages

I hope someone can help with the complete removal because now that it wont remove I really want to remove it lol.
Thanks in advanced and I am glad to be a part of the ubuntu forums

**brandontn** · May 21st, 2013

I was able to change the login screen but I still would like KDE to be removed without having to re-install ubuntu.

**lykwydchykyn** · May 21st, 2013

How did you go about installing KDE in the first place? Did you just install kubuntu-desktop?

**brandontn** · May 22nd, 2013

I used the terminal command

sudo apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop

**lykwydchykyn** · May 22nd, 2013

In theory, all you should have to do is this:

Code:

sudo apt-get purge kde-plasma-desktop
sudo apt-get autoremove

If you explicitly installed any other KDE packages, that might complicate things. But the idea of "autoremove" is that it's going to remove all the automatically-installed dependencies when the explicitly installed package that caused them to be installed is removed.

**brandontn** · May 23rd, 2013

Oh that was actually really easy that worked wonderfully, Thanks a lot man I will never forget something that simple. I guess now ill try out gnome knowing that I can just remove it that simply if I dont like it lol.